New Azeri Amb to Georgia takes his office

Namik Aliyev, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Georgia, took his office on 17 April, Elkhan Polukhov, the spokesman for the Azerbaijani embassy in Tbilisi told Trend.

In compliance with the protocol, in the beginning the copies of credentials will be presented to the Georgia Foreign Minister and then will be admitted by the President of this country. Polukhov did not rule out that within a week the Ambassador will meet with the Georgian Foreign Minister, Gela Bezhuashvili.

A decree on the appointment of Aliyev the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Georgia was issued on 29 March 2006.